A: As part of our efforts to get the parties back to the negotiating table, Acting Special Envoy for Middle East Peace David Hale and Special Assistant to the President Dennis Ross met in the region this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli negotiator Yitzhak Molho, and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Special Envoy Hale also met with President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.